History of Design

  • Lascaux Caves
    15,000 BCE

    Lascaux Caves

    Our first evidence of visual communication
  • Ts’ai Lun
    105

    Ts’ai Lun

    Invented a better more easily accessible type of paper
  • Johannes Gutenberg & The Printing Press
    1450

    Johannes Gutenberg & The Printing Press

    Created the printer press, that allowed manuscripts to be produced cheaper.
  • Victorian

    Victorian

    Allowed for cheaper and easy production of furniture, art and fabric.
  • Chromolithography

    Chromolithography

    First time using color in artwork on stone
  • Arts and Crafts Movement

    Arts and Crafts Movement

    Movement that differentiated between the fine arts and being creative in art design
  • Art Nouveau

    Art Nouveau

    Inspired people to have new ideas and inventions that didn’t follow typical art forms before
  • Futurism

    Futurism

    An Italian movement that dealt with new technologies and ideas.
  • Vienna Workshop

    Vienna Workshop

    Colorful and cartoonish
  • Early Modern

    Early Modern

    Reflected inner and outer world
  • Heroic Realism

    Heroic Realism

    Used to get people on board for a certain view. Made to stand out so people would be able to notice it fast
  • Bauhaus

    Bauhaus

    Heavily inspired architecture in modern homes
  • Constructivism

    Constructivism

    Aimed to reflect modern industrial society, mostly used in russia
  • Art Deco

    Art Deco

    Represented modernism and turned into fashion, supposed to symbolize wealth and sophistication
    Uses simple and clean geometric shapes
  • Swiss

    Swiss

    Impacted architecture by bringing an international/modern style
  • Jackson Pollock

    Jackson Pollock

    Revolutionized the modern art movement. Made drip paintings without the use of brushes
  • Late Modern

    Architecture inspired by European immigrants
  • Paul Rand

    Paul Rand

    Created logos for big companies
    Wrote books on how to design logos that are still being used today
  • Pop Art

    Pop Art

    Uses images from magazines and applies to comics
  • Leroy Winbush

    Leroy Winbush

    Airbrush artist & only african american to make the display.
  • Psychedelic

    Psychedelic

    Style that began a domino effect for more freedom and “trippy” designs/artwork
  • Post Modern

    Post Modern

    Looks at western philosophy and uses abstract idealism
  • Grunge

    Grunge

    Looks damaged or unfinished commonly found on video game covers and album covers
  • Flat

    Flat

    Clear and visual. Websites and ads are used with this
  • Cinemagraph

    Cinemagraph

    Still image that creates movement. Advertisement uses this to grab audiences attention